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J. K. DUGDALB'. WASHING MACHINE.

No. 80,156. Patented Jul 21, 1868.

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JAMES K. DUGDALE,- )F WHITE WATER, INDIANA.

Letters-Patent No. 86,156, dated July 21, 1868', afitedafed July 15, 1868.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES K. DUGDAL'E, of White Water, in the county of Wayne, and-State of Indiana,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, makings part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view. ..Figures 2 and parts thereof.

Letter A, fig. 1, is a square frame, wide enough to admit any desired-sized wash-board, and about twice as B and C are movable frames or gates, sliding between the upright posts of frame A. and guided by cross-pieces D D D D. Those on the inside may be thin boards, covering the whole frame, and sliding in grooves-or rabbets in said upright posts. E is a wash-board, firmly fastened to frame A at an angle of about forty-five degrees, the front end about half way up the frame. Said board may be a common zinc board, or be F is also a wash-board, is attached to the sliding frames 13 and C, and has rollers across the lower and upper ends, marked 1, under which the clothes are thrust. The journals of the lower rollers pass through side-pieces Ninto frames B and 0; those of the upper roller pass intosaid side-pieces.

J is a box-arrangement, containing a device for moving the pins a, which hold said boardF to its position when shut, 'by pressing into orifices in gatesD and C, or, when open, in orifices in-frame A.

Illustrated by 2, the covering of said box being removed, a'a are the pins, extending nearly across the wash-board F, and through the side-pieces N, with shoulders to prevent their sliding too far out. 6 is a spiral of one of thepins. The pins are moved by turning knob K. wire, 0, passes bent at right angles, and inserted in said pins at (Z. By turning knob pressing them out and fastening the wash-board F to its position. L in which the clothes are fastened, and is worked up and down between spring, pressing against the rear through the journal ofsaid knob, and is K both pins are moved back, the spring is a frame wash-board or clothes-holder,

wash-boards Eand-F, and is composed of a frame, a sliding fluted board, to which a rod'is attached. Said rod.

in 'whichis inserted an arrangement for fastening said sliding board down, thereby preventing the clothes from getting out of place. This arrangement is shown by fig. 3.

G is the frame. H, the movable fluted board. M, the stationary cross-piece. e, thcrod, passing through saidcross-piece. R, a knob, attached to the upper end of the rod e, by which the board H is moved. There are bevelled notches in rod 2 atf. g, a bolt, also bevelled to fit in notches at f, the notches-and bolt bcing bevelled in opposite directions. to allow the sliding board to be pushed down by the handle or kuob'R, tightening the clothes in the holder, and fastening-itself as pushed by means of the spring 5 pressing against the belt 9. It, a knob, attached to the bolt, which is pressed back while nnfastcning it, when the sliding board may be raised.

O O, fig. 1, arepulleys, over which cords m in pass, which. cords are fastened to said' pulleysnear the handles P P. Thclothcr ends of said cords are attached to the gates B and C.

Q is a. shaft, extending across frame A, through pnlleys.O O, and permanently fastened to said pulleys.

P P are knobs or .handl es, attached to pulleys passes through a stationary cross-piece,

machine is anchored to the vessel in which it may he used. it it are knobs, over-.whichthe cord is passed from said device.

I do not confine myself to any particular shape of wash-hoard, but may use plain fluted boards", or boards partly fluted and partly rollers, pr all rollers, or-straight or curved boards, as fancy or utility may demand.

I do not claim anew anything granted me in Letters Patent for improved washing-machine," dated the 14th day of November, 1Sii5, No. 50,922.

What I claim as my'invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The knoh K and wire a, in combination with pins a and spring I), as and for the purpose specified.

2. The bolt g, in combination with spring 1', notches f, -and .clothcs-hol derhns and for the purpose described. V JAMES K. DUGDALE.

Witnesses 132m. W. ADELMAA', Jenn S. CLAUSON:

O 0. .By turning either policy the pressure is regulated. S S are devices, composcdof handles, journals, and spools, for the purpose of tightening th cords by which the 

